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do you use those -- what's contained in those files? >> those files contain all of the interviews from the long-awaited charlie parker book. long-awaited because i've been working on it for about 22 years. let's put it like this, i've been known to be writing it for about 22 years. i haven't been working on it for 22 years. but i'm about two years from completing it. now i've written over 400 pages. i've done many interviews, many of the people whom i interviewed are now dead and so i think it's time for me to finally get the book out there because many people seem to be interested in it. parker was a remarkable character. he was extraordinarily talented. he helped make an addition to the aesthetic possibilities. he didn't invent it. i don't believe in that. and so his story, which is a short one from 1920 to 1955 crosses the depression. it crosses world war ii. and it ends shortly after the supreme court decision in 1954. so there's a lot that happened in his lifetime. >> there's a lot of books in your room. what do i decide to keep he
do you use those -- what's contained in those files? >> those files contain all of the interviews from the long-awaited charlie parker book. long-awaited because i've been working on it for about 22 years. let's put it like this, i've been known to be writing it for about 22 years. i haven't been working on it for 22 years. but i'm about two years from completing it. now i've written over 400 pages. i've done many interviews, many of the people whom i interviewed are now dead and so i...
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do you want to tell us what you have coming out this fall? >> this fall one of the books we're most excited about is a graphic novel by the great black filmmaker melvin van pebbles. it will be simultaneous with our publication of the book and he is the godfather of the black exploitation movement. and we're working with activist mike farrell who is best known of the role on the b.j. honeycutt mash one of the great tv shows of all time. and this is a road -- it's a road book, a road memoir, a travel memoir and we're putting him back on the road and we're keeping him busy. >> how long have you been publishing books? >> we've been publishing since 1997. we publish literary fiction is the heart and soul of the company. we publish -- we have a sort of outsider sensibility, though, some of our books are quite popular. but our books are often sort of provocative in one way or the other and we do a little bit nonfiction as well, political nonfiction and writers that mike farrell, john kovack and other cultural heroes of the left. >> you're not only t
do you want to tell us what you have coming out this fall? >> this fall one of the books we're most excited about is a graphic novel by the great black filmmaker melvin van pebbles. it will be simultaneous with our publication of the book and he is the godfather of the black exploitation movement. and we're working with activist mike farrell who is best known of the role on the b.j. honeycutt mash one of the great tv shows of all time. and this is a road -- it's a road book, a road...
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, and then show us some of your work? >> i can't explain it all. we'd be here before. i'm a bachelor of fine arts student. and i am trying to balance two or three different lives at the same time. and since my main work now is finishing the history of the book i'm working on now. i have to keep my arts within the tiny corners. this fall i actually snuck up to upstate and i took one class. so i've -- i did several pieces. they are all assignments. people ask me what kind of work do i do. i say i do assignments. and i will be doing assignments for a little bit longer. i feel like a grandchild sometimes with art. because people say, well, let me see your work. and i say here's my work. they say that's so nice. i feel like i know this is student work. i'm a student, this is student work. people are very generous about saying how sweet and nice it is. i have to hold myself back from bringing it out all. i did this. i did this. so here's just a little bit of -- this one is calling retrieving a man. and the assignment was before
, and then show us some of your work? >> i can't explain it all. we'd be here before. i'm a bachelor of fine arts student. and i am trying to balance two or three different lives at the same time. and since my main work now is finishing the history of the book i'm working on now. i have to keep my arts within the tiny corners. this fall i actually snuck up to upstate and i took one class. so i've -- i did several pieces. they are all assignments. people ask me what kind of work do i do. i...
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it used to be 28-32. these guys started developing so much earlier and having great years when they were 25, 26. but the way they're in shape. >>> you're talking about two guys in great shape. they will be able to play until 35 minimally. and by the time you take 2 or 3 years and stretch it out, the other guys will be developing. they are young enough, and in their prime, they will be big parts of this organization, and the climb to respectability for the next 2, 3, 4 years. >> another guy that's been hitting well, cristian guzman. we remember that 0-21 slump he got into, but now he's into the groove. >> chris can just flat-out hit. as he came back from the injuries, and when he gets hot, he is a goose on the loose. .469 multi hit games, second in the league last year, third in the game. and he's running harder, hustling more. not that he ever dogged it, but he was more observant. he is losing range at shortstop. i don't think what the long term deal is with cristian guzman, because he is not, in my opini
it used to be 28-32. these guys started developing so much earlier and having great years when they were 25, 26. but the way they're in shape. >>> you're talking about two guys in great shape. they will be able to play until 35 minimally. and by the time you take 2 or 3 years and stretch it out, the other guys will be developing. they are young enough, and in their prime, they will be big parts of this organization, and the climb to respectability for the next 2, 3, 4 years. >>...
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do not know what word i want to use. i have to think about that now i am harsh know because i feel strongly about it. that is not write either. i take it very seriously as a craft. i do not like the word arch because of there is any are to a new bid will emerge. do not sit down to write down a pole or artistic masterpiece expect the report writer to deliver on kraft. do the best you can given the context of that assignment for that project. it always give your best whether the punxsutawney daily or "the washington post" or a novel or a blurb always do the best that you can so many people want to make it now with the shortcuts it takes a long time. a few people get that magic break sometimes the first novel is great and the second is not but if you want to be a writer, you have to think in terms of decades and beyond. it is a career. four instance, right now i am talking about the slogans and catchwords listen to the rhythm with the end bogey and rhythm short debates there is a rather mixing and all different forms in dif
do not know what word i want to use. i have to think about that now i am harsh know because i feel strongly about it. that is not write either. i take it very seriously as a craft. i do not like the word arch because of there is any are to a new bid will emerge. do not sit down to write down a pole or artistic masterpiece expect the report writer to deliver on kraft. do the best you can given the context of that assignment for that project. it always give your best whether the punxsutawney...
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it's a matter of executing, and location really killed us. >> as a blue jay, last season, a.j. burnett dominated the red sox at fenway park. that hasn't been the case this year. burnett has allowed eight-plus earned runs this season. he's done it at fenway park. it's happened twice. his other fenway start, he didn't last past the third inning. >> hut one, hut two. rookie matthew stafford got the starting nod against the browns, first offensive play for the lions and the rook, stafford, rolling out, the right idea, wrong person, eric wright the lucky recipient, put some moves on, changes direction, returns it to the lions five. browns get a field goal on the ensuing possession. stafford didn't look as sharp as he did a week ago. off the play action, stafford has a man open but overthrows adam jennings. stafford 5-13 for 35 yards and that one pick. espn's tim hasselbeck on how stafford looked on saturday night. >> matthew stafford's first start for the detroit lions did not go well. he turned the football over. he was inaccurate. and at times, he looked confused. i would have to
it's a matter of executing, and location really killed us. >> as a blue jay, last season, a.j. burnett dominated the red sox at fenway park. that hasn't been the case this year. burnett has allowed eight-plus earned runs this season. he's done it at fenway park. it's happened twice. his other fenway start, he didn't last past the third inning. >> hut one, hut two. rookie matthew stafford got the starting nod against the browns, first offensive play for the lions and the rook,...
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i was using the word declaim and didn't mean the plan. i don't know what pour i want to use sali will have to think about that. it is a harsh mode now because it is something i feel strongly about. that's not right either >> i take it very seriously. i don't like the work of art because if there is any art in new it will emerge. don't sit down to write the poem or artistic masterpiece, respect the reader, deliver on craft. i like that image of the old new england, do the best you can within the context of that assignment or that project. always give your best whether it is for the daily intelligence or the "washington post," whether it is an awful or just something, a blur but you were given to someone else. always do the best you can. and i see so many young people want to make it now. it takes a long time a few people did that and sometimes their first novel was great and the second one isn't so great. but if you want to be a writer, you have to think in terms of decades and beyond. it is a career. for instance right now i'm starting th
i was using the word declaim and didn't mean the plan. i don't know what pour i want to use sali will have to think about that. it is a harsh mode now because it is something i feel strongly about. that's not right either >> i take it very seriously. i don't like the work of art because if there is any art in new it will emerge. don't sit down to write the poem or artistic masterpiece, respect the reader, deliver on craft. i like that image of the old new england, do the best you can...
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i used to do here when myself. i used to hang out in black neighborhoods. the women would have babies and the men would go to their houses and get the welfare check. this is why men were not around all the time. women were taking control, the women couldn't be parents, they became drug addicts themselves and they had no training in child care whatsoever and that's one of the big problems -- i'm disappointed with your remarks on gangs. you don't let somebody in their house being built lectures. you give too much authority. you and conservatives are backing police officers and not the constitution. >> host: we will get a response on his earlier response on bill cosby's speech and then professor gates. >> guest: i don't take it in terms of black society but he makes the important point about welfare and the welfare rules oftentimes not encouraging the presence of a man in the home and then let especially again in terms of the so-called underclass to some negative ramifications because then you have people engaged in single-parent households and lack of attenti
i used to do here when myself. i used to hang out in black neighborhoods. the women would have babies and the men would go to their houses and get the welfare check. this is why men were not around all the time. women were taking control, the women couldn't be parents, they became drug addicts themselves and they had no training in child care whatsoever and that's one of the big problems -- i'm disappointed with your remarks on gangs. you don't let somebody in their house being built lectures....
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always use another lefty. >> rangers and rays got a bit of a break, in what the yankees did to boston. not today. so, back up again, on that standing. so, rangers and rays are out there. and angels and bluejays going at it. and angels, watching what ta*erbgsdz is doing. trying to avoid their first three-game losing-streak, and izturis, and lind, going for the catch, and oh, just drops the ball. two runners come in. turning point in the game. >> one of the real keys to the angels. they get production, 1-9 in the order and they don't have an out. they can all hit. >> the thing turned lind made up for it. hits this three-run homerun. and that's vlad, the impaleler, launching that one, 11th of the year. >> he's back over .300. 11 homeruns, and someone asked me if he's a hall of hall of famer? >> hello, he's a hall of famer. >> a homerun. doesn't fall, and angels go on to win, 7-3. good look at the red sox and yankees. they always overshadow everything that the angels do. what do you make have them? they have a great offensive-team. they're on pace to score about 200 more runs than they di
always use another lefty. >> rangers and rays got a bit of a break, in what the yankees did to boston. not today. so, back up again, on that standing. so, rangers and rays are out there. and angels and bluejays going at it. and angels, watching what ta*erbgsdz is doing. trying to avoid their first three-game losing-streak, and izturis, and lind, going for the catch, and oh, just drops the ball. two runners come in. turning point in the game. >> one of the real keys to the angels....
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an e-mail or give us a call. our guests on this sunday in debt is juan williams. allen to talk about bill cosby. in these are his words: i'm talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. where were they when he was two? where when he was 12? where you when he was 18 and how come you don't know that he had a pistol and where is his father and why didn't you know where he is and why doesn't the father show up and talk to the boy? >> guest: powerful stuff. and it is planned of what i think is the evidence of an ongoing civil rights struggle in this country that you have bill cosby, a man of such high esteem not only in the black community but america and the nation from such tremendous success who's willing to stand up and challenge the powers that be in the black comedy about the way things are going to point out when you look at the crime rate and a look at the celebration of gangster culture and the black community that somebody needs to stand up and speak out aggressively
an e-mail or give us a call. our guests on this sunday in debt is juan williams. allen to talk about bill cosby. in these are his words: i'm talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. where were they when he was two? where when he was 12? where you when he was 18 and how come you don't know that he had a pistol and where is his father and why didn't you know where he is and why doesn't the father show up and talk to the boy? >> guest: powerful...
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could you explain to us? >> guest: i cannot explain it all because we would be here forever but i am a bachelor of fine arts student from rutgers and i am trying to balance two or three different lives at the same time and since my main work now is finishing the history of white people the books that i am working on now, i have to keep my art within the tiny little corners so this fall i actually snuck up to plattsburgh state and i took one class a printmaking glass. i did several pieces they're all assignments people ask what kind of work to why do? i do assignments and i will be doing assignments for a little longer braff actually i feel like a grandchild sometimes are to because people people say let me see my work and i say here is my work and they say that is so nice and i feel that i know it is to get work mrs. didn't work and of people or very generous about saying how nice. it is hardly does say i did this or i did this. this is from leonardo the assignment was before and after it and a causal relatio
could you explain to us? >> guest: i cannot explain it all because we would be here forever but i am a bachelor of fine arts student from rutgers and i am trying to balance two or three different lives at the same time and since my main work now is finishing the history of white people the books that i am working on now, i have to keep my art within the tiny little corners so this fall i actually snuck up to plattsburgh state and i took one class a printmaking glass. i did several pieces...
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she went to us to understand that the people in this book were people like us. >> what is important, the late marshal for 80, peculiarly gifted american writer, but about a subject that i cover in my new book on martin luther king jr. the most gift apostle of martin luther king jr. is jesse jackson. this book is a great book because it captures a great american. jesse jackson is a jeffersonian figure, the constant self recreation, perennial quest for the means to articulate an american ideal that is nurtured in his bosom privately that he wants to share with the world publicly. jesse jackson is an american original. i argue in my book that he makes love in language, the cadence is undulating rhythms that twist and turn, a very sensual where flesh and spirit meet. you take the measure of jesse jackson here, in the fullest biography of him. the late marshall frady was a great writer. raise rebels, robin callie in my mind is one of the great scholars ever produced in the african-american experience. in my generation of scholars, nobody is more talented and more gifted than robin callie.
she went to us to understand that the people in this book were people like us. >> what is important, the late marshal for 80, peculiarly gifted american writer, but about a subject that i cover in my new book on martin luther king jr. the most gift apostle of martin luther king jr. is jesse jackson. this book is a great book because it captures a great american. jesse jackson is a jeffersonian figure, the constant self recreation, perennial quest for the means to articulate an american...
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>> they could use him. i think he would be an immediate upgrade, over bengie molina, and providing energy. but, the recent talk, is that they are leaning against calling him up and wait until next year. and he might play on the baseball world cup team tournament coming up in september, and that would e lime nate him coming up next month. >> all right. keith, thanks for coming on with us. >> my pleasure. >> they are number 1 in every sense of the world, florida has been anointed the team to beat, by the a.p. poll today, and with no rematch against ole miss or no game against the next highest-ranked s.e.c. team, and alabama, figures florida will be tough to beat. here's what the first college football poll looks like. they made history. they have received all but two first-place votes. here's lou holtz with his take on the top-ten. >> when i look at the top-ten, first thing, is three teams, from the big 12, are right, in the top-ten. the big 12 south, texas, oklahoma, and oklahoma state, all from the big 12 s
>> they could use him. i think he would be an immediate upgrade, over bengie molina, and providing energy. but, the recent talk, is that they are leaning against calling him up and wait until next year. and he might play on the baseball world cup team tournament coming up in september, and that would e lime nate him coming up next month. >> all right. keith, thanks for coming on with us. >> my pleasure. >> they are number 1 in every sense of the world, florida has been...
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there are several files i use for the book. giglio is the bibliography, which basically keeps track of the books that were used. i have a coded system to keep track of them. you will see the code is over here. so book number one, which i entered back in the early 80's was white over black, jordan's kind of history of race in america. and so this code goes all the way down to i guess the last book i entered was booked number 1,088, our times, the illustrated history of the 20th century, race law, king came preaching, tend -- tet! but basically this is just kind of the list of the books i consulted or referred to in the book. but anyway, that's one file is the bibliography file. but the main one is the research file which is right here, and it automatically put -- each one of these going this way is a note card and this is pretty odd because it is the year month and day and it puts it in chronological order and it starts with 960 solomon completes the first temple. that comes from book number 438. i don't know why it's page 99 bu
there are several files i use for the book. giglio is the bibliography, which basically keeps track of the books that were used. i have a coded system to keep track of them. you will see the code is over here. so book number one, which i entered back in the early 80's was white over black, jordan's kind of history of race in america. and so this code goes all the way down to i guess the last book i entered was booked number 1,088, our times, the illustrated history of the 20th century, race...